Marcel waver



A. .J; JANDA MARCEL WAVER March 18, 1930.

Original Filed June 5, 1926 i ANNA J. J'ANDA, OI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN J. RYAN, OF CHICAGO, I

Reissued Mar. 18, 1930 UNITED STATE PAT'ENT OFFICE V ILLINOIS MARGEL WAVER Original No. 1,815,702, dated January 25, 1927, Serial No. 113,973, filed June 5, 1926. Application for reissue filed November 15;

My invention relates to the art of forming Marcel waves in hair and resides more particularly in the provision of a structure of bonnet like formation for the purpose.

The Marcel wave, as it commonly appears, is in the nature of a compound undulation, the accomplishment of which results from the .use of a hot iron or other instrument of heat conducting properties. The constant use of a hot iron or other instrumentality for heat conducting properties .for the purpose, while attaining the desired results, tends to deteriorate the life of the hair due principally to the fact that if the applied heat is excessive the strands of the hair Wlll eventually become brittle and weakened and eventually die and fall away. It s, there fore, one of the objects of this invent on to provide a device which can be expeditiously used to produce a Marcel wave of the ordinary fashion and which will prove absolutely harmless to the hair and secondly abollsh the use of a comb ora series of combs to projduce such Marcel wave.

The invention as will be hereinafter explained, may embody various forms of construction, two of which are shown each applicable in the same manner to accomplish thedesired result in equal capacity. The first formis used for the purpose of producing a series of undulations which extend in length from the forehead back, commonly known as the ordinary Marcel wave. The second form is primarilyused to provide what is commonly known in the art as a horseshoe Marcel wave.

Another object of the invention is the production ofa structure for the purpose which can be manufactured at an economical cost and which will be highly efiicient in use.

' Other objects of the invention will appear hereinafter, the novel features and combinations being set forth in the appended claims.

The invention may be understood by referring to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the invention for producing the ordinary Marcel wave; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the inven- 1928. Serial no. 319,535.

tion for producing the horseshoe Marcel wave.

To accomplish the various objects of the invention, I provide a bonnet-like structure 10 adapted to fit over the hair, as shown in Fig. 1, and comprising a front frame member 1101* serpentine form and composed of a resilient wire whereby when the head-gear is positioned over the hair the front frame member ll willservein its principal capacity to lightly press against the forehead and the temple sides of the head to press the substantially 'U-shaped frame members 12 against the hair. The intermediate frame members 12 have end portions 13 coiled around adjacent portions of the front frame member 11 as indicated at 14 in Fig. 1.

The end portion 15 of the front frame member encircles the rear of the nape of the neck and has its end portion 16 secured to the opposite end portion 17 of the frame member 11 by coilingthe end portions together as shown at 18 in Fig. 1. The interior frame members 12 are held in proper spaced relation through the medium of a bindingwire 19 which extends from the center of the forehead or from the point 14 rearwardly to the intermediate portion of the semi-circular wire 15 where its end portion 20 is secured to the semi-circular wire 15 as shown at 21 in Fig. 1.

The rear portion 22 of the binding wire 19 is of serpentine formation so as to evenly space the interior frame members 12 and defines coiled portions 23 disposed around adjacent portions 23' of the interior frame members 12. The frame members 12 are pointed instrument indicated at 24 is inserted beneath the hair between the adjacent frame members 12. After this instrument 24 has been sufficiently inserted,-the same, when in inserted position, is raised so as to project portions of the hair above the frame members 12. This may be repeated for raising the hair between the frame members 12 and at each side of the upper portion of the binding wire 19 so as to secure the desired undulations of the hair over the greater portion of the head. After these undulations have been produced by means of the pointed instrument the bonnet-like structure is permitted to remain on the head until the hair is thoroughly dry after which the bonnetlike structure is removed and the series of the undulations will be properly defined.

As will be noted by referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, the, distance between the frame members 12 varies from the point to the portion 15 connected to the frame member 11 for the purpose of enlarging the width of the undulations from the top of the head down. It will-thus be seen that the frame member 11 is generally of an inverted U-shape to fit the face adjacent the hair and that the portion 15 which is a semi-circular or U-shaped extension, extends around the nape of the neck. The intermediate frame members 12 form U-shaped loops extending around the head at various elevations and approximately parallel to the U-shaped portion 15. The binding Wire 19 extends from the forehead from the point 14 at the middle of the frame member 11 to the various inter- .mediate points of the U-shaped intermediate or interior frame members 12, being connected to each as indicated at 23. In the structure shown in Fig. 1 there are five lengths of nected to the rear portion 22 o wire 12 forming the horizontal loops at various elevations with their front ends connected to the inverted U-shaped frame member 11 and their rear and intermediate ortions conf the binding wire 19. It should be particularly understood therefore that. the structureshown in Fig. 1 has the wires permanently connected together so as to form a bonnet-like structure which when placed on the head will permit ,the upper portion 19 of the binding wire and the horizontal spaced-apart loops 12 to have a snug fitting fit against the hair so as to press the same against the head while the undulations of the hair produced by the pointed instrument are.held away from the head by the various wires 12 and 19.

It will thus be seen that the single bonnetlike structure has the various wires thereof permanently connected together to form a front frame portion which is adapted to fit across the upper portion of the forehead and extend down along the sides of the face of the person using the Marcel waver. The horizontal U-shaped portion which extends around the nape of the neck therefore co-acts with the interior frame'members 12 and the U-shaped frame member 11 to form a structure which is placed over the hair in the same manner that a bonnet is placed over a persons head, the front inverted U-shaped members 11 and the horizontal U-shaped member extending around'the nape of the neck corresponding to the contours of the front edges and lower edges of the bonnet.

The structure shown in Fig. 1 being a single structure permanently connected together and being composed of resilient wires may be placed on the head with the assurance that it will have a. sufiiciently' tight fit to remain inplace not only when the pointed instrument is being used to form the undulations of the hair, but also to hold the hair in place during the 'marcelling period.

In Fig. 2, I. have illustrated a modified form of construction substantially similar to that illustrated in Fig. 1, with the exception that the intermediate frame members extend in horseshoe fashion as shown-at 12". That is to say, the frame members 12' circle from a point 26 to a point 27 over or around the head from one side to the other side thereof. This form of construction is primarily adapted to the formation of the horseshoe Marcel wave.

In the form shown in Fig. 2, as well as in wire 19 is continuous from the point where it is connected to the front face memb r 11-to the point where it is connected to the neck member 15; that is to say, the portion 22' is not provided with any serpentine formation such as shown at 22 in Fig. 1. a

It should also be understood that the honnet-like structure of the form shown in Fig. 1, as well as of the form shown in Fig. 2, is composed of resilient material such asmetal wires so as to fit on the head of hair in the nature of a bonnet and hold itself in place without the assistance of any attachments or extraneous devices of any kind. The binding wire and the intermediate frame members are in ressing relation with respect to the hair w en the bonnet-like structure is placed over the same so as to provide division lines between the undulations formed by usin the pointed instrument 24 for raising the hair upwardly from the head. While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction forcarrying' my invention into eifect, this is; capable of variations and modifications without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but

, The invention having bee n set. forth, what I claim as new and desire ters Patent is:

1. A hair marcelling device including a headgear defining a front frame member formed of a resilient-wire and defining a portion extending in serpentine formation,

to protect. by Let- -interior frame-members formed of resilient WIIG havm correspond ng end portions connected to t e serpentine formation part of the front frame member, said front frame member including a portion extending in cir-; .cular direction rearwardly of the serpentine formation portion and having an end portion connected to the opposite endportion of the front frame member, the opposite corresponding end portions of vthe interior frame members-being connected to the circular portion of the front frame member.

2. A hair marcelling device including a head-gear defining a front frame member formed of a resilient wire and defining a portion extending in serpentine formation, interior frame members formed of resilient wire having corresponding end portions connected to the serpentine formation part of the front frame member, said front frame member including a portion extending in circular direction rearwardly of the serpentine formation portion and having an end portion connected to the opposite end portion ofthe front frame member, the opposite corresponding end portions of the interior frame members being connected to the circular portion of the front frainemember, and a binding strip having anend portion connected to the serpentine formation portion of the front frame member and an opposite end portion connected to the circular portion of said binding strip beingformed of a len h-of JVlI'B and defining intermediate coile portions coiled around adjacent portions of the interior frame members.

3. The method of producing a series of compound undulations consisting of moistening or dampening the hair, placing a bonnetlike constructed head-gear over the head with certain frame members thereof in pressing relation with respect to the hair thus moistened or dampened, inserting an instrument beneath the hair and raising the hair with said instrument between the spaces defined -by'said frame members, and then removing the head-gear from said position after the hair is 'dry.

. 4. In a Marcel waving device, the combination with an upright horseshoe-shaped front frame member, of a horizontal horseshoe-shaped neck member, intermediate horseshoe-shaped members connected at spaced-apart points to said upright member,

with an upright inverted U-shaped member,

of a horizontal Ushaped member with its ends connected to the ends of said upright member, intermediate spaced-apart members, and a binder to complete a bonnet-like structure tofit over the head of hair to be provided with Marcel waves.

6. In a Marcel waving device, the combinationwith a front frame member inverted U- shape in contour, of a lower neck member U- shaped in plan, a plurality of intermediate U-shaped members spaced apart and having. their ends connected to said front frame member at variouselevations, and a binding member connected to said front frame memher at an intermediate point thereof and to each of said intermediate members and said neck member.

7, A hair marcelling device comprising a bonnet-like structure comprising an upright U-shaped member connected to a horizontal U-shaped member formed of material adapted to be positioned over the head in pressing relation with respect to the hair and including spaced-apart interior frame members adapted to provide division lines between undulations formed by raising the hair upwardly from the head, and means comprising an upright binding strip extending upwardly along the back of the head to hold the said interior frame members in spaced relation to each other.

8. A hair Marcel waver comprising a front member inverted U-shaped and a horizontal U-shaped member connected -to the front member, Marcel wave defining members con-- nected to said front member, and a binder secured to the rear portions of said defining members and extending upwardly to said front member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification this 8 day of N ovember, A. D. 1928.

ANNA J. JANDA. 

